Over the past weekend, I was on my merry way to Canyonlands & Arch National Park when my car broke down somewhere outside of Blanding, a small town in San Juan County, UT.
The earliest that a new fuel pump could be had was Monday afternoon -- just as well since the garage was closed over the weekend anyhow.
Since there was no rental car company in town, I ended up spending a leisurely weekend in Blanding. Luckily, there was cheap & clean accomodation as well as plenty of friendly company -- the owners of the motel provided me with plenty of company and a load of homemade meals! I went to a neighborhood party in the nearby forest with them and got to meet a lot of the townspeople.
The town had some hidden gems. For example, The Dinosaur Museum has one of the oldest petrified logs in the world.
Edge of the Cedars State Park: an ancient Puebloen ruin. The museum also had many baskets, weavings and jewerly on exhibit.
All in all, it was a relaxing and an unexpetedly fun weekend.
Sedona is one of the most popular destinations in AZ. It is reputed to attract more than 2 million tourists/year & after the visit, I (1) could see why that is & (2) may have seen all 2 million on the day that I visited.
"Follow the red rock road." Thought it was cute. I've a soft spot for Wizard of OZ after botching my jr high production... Thanks again, mom, for recording the entire performance for posterity.
The main street of Sedona. The crowd started dispering as the storm clouds gathered above.
Jerome is a town in Yavapai County. It used to be a mining town. Now a tourist destination.
